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“Sesame Street” is introducing two new Muppets, a Black father and son, to help children understand racial literacy. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sesame Street (@sesamestreet) Wes and Elijah appear in a short video created by Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind the show. “In the video, Elmo wants to know why […]
There are thieves and then there are “monsters” like Joel Whittaker of Oronoco, MN. He was out dumpster diving in Rochester the other day. OK, nothing wrong with that. Until he saw an open loading dock door with a clear view of pallets of Girl Scout Cookies. So, like Billy Madison suggesting “that could be […]
Walter K. Singleton was a Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps, Company A, 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, 3d Marine Division. He earned the Congressional Medal Of Honor for his daring attack on enemy forces. Sgt. Singleton’s company was conducting combat operations when the lead platoon received intense small arms, automatic weapons, rocket, and mortar fire from a […]
The legendary Loretta Lynn released her fourth studio album, Still Woman Enough, on Friday. The 13-song album features new versions of some of Lynn’s classic hits, including her debut single from 1960, “I’m a Honky Tonk Girl,” her 1968 song, “My Love,” her 1971 hit, “I Wanna Be Free” and her famous 1970 song, “Coal […]
When the pandemic hit last year we all knew local businesses would be affected. Especially the food and drink establishments. Luckily in my hometown the businesses were able to make quick adjustments and the community stepped up to help keep them going. Most small towns and cities I saw stories of support. I went to […]
The first crewed Gemini flight, Gemini III, lifted off Launch Pad 19 at 9:24 a.m. EST on March 23, 1965. The spacecraft “Molly Brown” carried astronauts Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom, command pilot, and John W. Young, pilot, on three orbits of Earth. NASA’s two-man Gemini spaceflights demonstrated that astronauts could change their capsule’s orbit, remain […]
She’s a new mom and she has a new Netflix sitcom, Country Comfort! Catch former American Idol contestant, Katharine McPhee for a feel-good family comedy that we could all use right about now. It just became available on March 19th! According to the Netflix description, “After hitting the skids in her career, an aspiring country singer […]
I’ve seen too many of these videos over the year. What are people actually thinking?! There were several barriers including an electric fence and he though this was a great idea. It’s one thing to put yourself in danger, but a child?! C’mon man! It’s like recently a gal jumped in with a Jaguar for […]
It’s not often that we hear of WWII veteran making it over 100 years old. Navy Veteran James “Jim” Knudson passed away on St. Patrick’s Day at the age 102. Born in Minneapolis he made his home in the Ettrick area. He enlisted at 18 and attended Northwestern. This helped him earn the rank of […]
This Sunday, March 21st, actor Matthew McConaughey will be hosting the We?re Texas – A Virtual Benefit. Matthew posted, “We’re Texas, a virtual revival where we can all come together to help Texas recover from the winter storm.” Check out the We’re Texas – A Virtual Benefit for appearances from Miranda Lambert, Willie Nelson, George […]